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Former Pitt volleyball, basketball player dies in Blair County car crash
Monica Wignot, who played four seasons for Pitt volleyball before becoming one of the top all-time shot blockers for the women’s basketball team, died in an automobile crash Friday in Antis Township, near Altoona, in Blair County. She was 29 years old. Wignot, a native of Wilkes-Barre, was a volleyball...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 3Video
Forward Michael Chaput had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 road overtime loss to the Providence Bruins at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. on Sunday. Defenseman Mitch Reinke recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-23-3-4) which has lost three consecutive games while forwards...
Alex Bowman edges Kyle Larson in OT to win NASCAR race at Las VegasVideo
LAS VEGAS — The racing rule is quite clear at Hendrick Motorsports, where the boss will let his drivers go door-to-door so long as they don’t tear up his cars. After two of his stars tangled last week in California, Hendrick gave his team a rules refresher. Message delivered. Alex...
Scottie Scheffler comes up clutch with pars, wins at Bay HillVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler played the kind of golf that wins a traditional U.S. Open, and that’s what the Arnold Palmer Invitational felt like Sunday at Bay Hill. In another final round that featured some of the toughest scoring conditions in four decades, Scheffler made key putts to save...
Mexico suspends league soccer matches after massive brawl
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s top-division soccer league suspended all matches scheduled for Sunday after a huge brawl among fans during the previous day’s match between host Queretaro and Atlas from Guadalajara, the reigning league champion. “We regret and condemn these events, which run contrary to the spirit of our soccer,”...
Penn State’s comeback falls short against Rutgers in regular-season finaleVideo
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — After squandering a 15-point second-half lead against Penn State, Rutgers did what it has done all season and found a way to win at home. Not only did the Scarlet Knights (18-12, 12-8 Big Ten) win for the 14th time in 17 games at Jersey Mike’s Arena,...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen gaining points as well as confidenceVideo
Kasperi Kapanen looks different. The flamboyant locks of flowing blonde hair are gone, having been cropped down to a more modest collection of curls. Tonsorial concerns noted, there’s something more profound about the Penguins winger that has changed with regard to his appearance. Confidence. Throughout the bulk of an underwhelming...
MLB reacts angrily to latest offer from locked-out playersVideo
NEW YORK — MLB reacted angrily to the latest offer by locked-out players when bargaining resumed Sunday, accusing the union of backtracking and showing no sign of a breakthrough to get the derailed season back on track. The squabbling sides talked for 95 minutes on the 95th day of the...
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson, forward Jason Zucker resume skating
Injured Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson and Jason Zucker have resumed skating at the team’s facility in Cranberry. Both players worked on the ice before the team’s practice Sunday morning, though it is believed the pair also were on the ice during a scheduled off day Saturday. A return to the...
Longwood wins Big South for 1st NCAA Tournament bidVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Isaiah Wilkins scored 19 points, and Longwood advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time with a 79-58 victory over Winthrop on Sunday in the Big South Tournament championship game. Top-seeded Longwood (26-6) never trailed, led by as many as 21 in the first half, 28...
Adapt and evolve: Pirates focus on farm system amid lockout, embracing failure as path to success
With MLB in a lockout, the Pittsburgh Pirates are focusing their attention on their minor league players by embracing a philosophy that can come across as contradictory: In order to succeed, embrace failure. Pirates director of coaching and player development John Baker casually paraphrases Marcus Aurelius in discussing discomfort, the...
With MLB draft on the horizon, Pine-Richland grad Matt Wood slugging at Penn State
The 2022 college baseball season is big for Matt Wood for numerous reasons. It’s the draft-eligible year for the Pine-Richland grad ,and his name is popping up on plenty of scouting services as someone who will be selected by an MLB team in the first 10 rounds. That’s a humbling...
Minor league report: Penguins, Nailers each lose
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 27 saves on 31 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the Bridgeport Islanders at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday. Forwards Jonathan Gruden and Drew O’Connor each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-23-2-4). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a...
Coach K’s final farewell to Cameron Indoor spoiled by rival North CarolinaVideo
DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina spoiled the emotional home finale of retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, beating fourth-ranked rival Duke, 94-81, on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The day that was all about the coach who has 1,196 career victories and five NCAA championships abruptly turned into a...
Rick Hendrick squashes potential feud between Kyle Larson, Chase ElliottVideo
LAS VEGAS — Rick Hendrick spoke and his drivers heard the boss loud and clear. Hendrick intervened on a competition matter for the first time since Kyle Larson joined the team when he squashed any potential beef between his stars after their run-in last week in California. Larson, the reigning...
Many factors contribute to Pitt basketball’s fall from NCAA contender to bottom of ACC
Noise used to sweep Petersen Events Center like a tidal wave. So did great teams and iconic players. Focus was difficult for opponents while the home team fed off the atmosphere. Conversations with the person in the next seat were nearly impossible. The noise was so pervasive, even the screens...
West Virginia beats TCU in regular-season finale to snap 7-game losing streakVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taz Sherman scored 21 points, and West Virginia’s veterans came through to beat TCU, 70-64, on the Mountaineers’ senior day to snap a seven-game losing streak Saturday. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said his frustrations over watching his team make the same mistakes boiled over Thursday while...
Steelers’ Kevin Colbert has one last chance to select tackle in 1st round of NFL Draft
With his time as Pittsburgh Steelers general manager winding down, Kevin Colbert has one last chance to fill a missing piece on his first-round draft pick resume. In the 22 drafts he has run, Colbert has submitted a card in the first round 21 times, with 2020 being the exception....
Pitt loses to Notre Dame, stretches streak to 4 in advance of ACC Tournament
Pitt’s three most recent opponents have shot the basketball at a 56.8% success rate — 160 shots, 91 makes. The past three defeats to Miami, No. 4 Duke and Notre Dame — part of a four-game losing streak the Panthers will drag into the ACC Tournament on Tuesday — occurred...
Duquesne’s comeback bid vs. La Salle falls short, losing streak reaches 16
And now, Duquesne Nation turns its attention to the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball tournament. Will it be “one-and-done” for the hapless Dukes after they dropped their 16th consecutive game in their regular-season finale Saturday? Or can they extend their season, as freshman guard Primo Spears wondered after his career-high 34...
Penguins’ Mark Friedman on agitating opponents: ‘I kind of love doing it’
Mark Friedman doesn’t mask it. Shoot, he might as well launch a sophisticated marketing campaign for it. His penchant for agitating the opposition? It’s not an accident. “Yeah, I kind of love doing it,” Friedman said to media in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday. “I like getting underneath guys’ skin and...
MLB talks resume Sunday; Max Scherzer says players favor playoff ‘ghost win’ formatVideo
NEW YORK — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand the...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Plenty of reasons for Steelers to avoid trading for Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers isn’t just NFL MVP. He’s the de facto boss of the football media. Rodgers’ horse manure gets spread wherever he wants. He also has his bully pulpit on Pat McAfee’s radio show. The latest “news” about Rodgers says Green Bay has trades in place with the Steelers, Denver...
WNBA’s Brittney Griner arrested in Russia on drug charges
WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. The Russian Customs Service said Saturday that the cartridges were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years...
Minor league report: Penguins edged by IslandersVideo
Despite two goals by forward Felix Robert, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins were beaten by the Bridgeport Islanders, 5-4, at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Friday. Forward Michael Chaput recorded three assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-22-2-4) while goaltender Tommy Nappier made 15 saves on 20 shots in the defeat. Highlights: The...
